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Neighborhood News 8-5-2008 We are going to postpone the outdoor board meeting and National Night Out until next Tuesday, August 12th. We will meet again at the cul de sac at Camas Drive and Rose Pavonia Drive. Hopefully the weather will cooperate, but still not be too hot. See everyone then!! 8-4-2008 The Stoneridge Board meeting is going to be held outdoors on August 5, 2008 at 6:30 pm. Come out to the culdesac at Rose Pavonia and Camas Drive and meet your neighbors and the Travis County Sheriff Department for the National Night Out. We will have the POA board meeting and provide hot dogs, sausage wraps chips and drinks. Bring a chair and meet your neighbors. We will look at 6pm at the weather and decide what to do if the tropical storm brings some rain. The meeting will then be rescheduled for August 12th :6:30 pm at the same location. 7-14-2008 The budget for 2009 was approved at the last annual meeting in May. A couple years ago the Stoneridge property owner membership voted to adjust the fiscal year to a calendar basis Jan 1-Dec 31.. While the board rarely has to make adjustments to deal with unanticipated expenses the budget is strictly adhered to, in order to maintain the fiscal stability of the Association. Please click on the link to view the latest Stoneridge Property Owners Association 2008-2009 Budget that was approved. 7-4-2008 CRIMEWATCH ALERT Happy 4th of July. As you enjoy the holiday weekend, keep in mind that the criminals don't take a holiday off. One of our neighbors reported a major theft from their open garage while they were still at home. Unfortunately thieves see an open door as an invitation to steal your stuff. Every year we get reports in our neighborhood of open garage theft of sporting equipments, lawnmowers and tools. It only take less than a minute to snatch something, throw it in a truck and be on their way. Please don't make it easy and keep your garage doors closed. Have you installed a garage door opener in the past year or so? Did you reset the default opener code? The Police department burglary detail reports that more than 10% of garage openers are still on the default code and any crook with a opener can get inside day or night. Not sure how to change the code, then consult the operating instructions that came with the opener and change it again. Don't make it easy!. 7-4-2008 The minutes of the Stoneridge POA Annual Meetings have been posted on the Meetings link.Mark your calendars and plan to attend upcoming Board and Annual meetings, scheduled as follows: The landscaping continues to be a "hot topic". The landscaper has replaced the flowers a couple times already this summer(at their expense) and now have replaced with a more heat tolerant variety of periwinkles. Who would have guessed the 100 degree heat in June would take such a toll. The turf watering has been kept down a bit to conserve the water bill funds and we have been assured even though the turf is brown in patches it is still healthy and will recover quickly with some help from mother nature. This variety can withstand more than 60 days without water. It may turn brown but it doesn't die. This price of this variety has almost doubled in price sine we installed it last year. The POA will investigate connecting back to the Wells Branch MUD well in the fall is needed. Also click on the landscape links for info on your own lawn conditions The chinch bugs make their attack during the hot months, so take a look and find out how to prevent this infestation with a natural remedy 5-19-2008 The Stoneridge Multicultural Play group is being reformed to provide a reading and playgroup for children in our neighborhood. Please click on the link to get further information on how you can get your children involved in a great neighborhood activity and meet other parents in a positive story time and other creative activities. Please contact Melissa Ruiz msruiz@austin.rr.com on the following link for further information on this wonderful playgroup. Stoneridge Neighborhood Association Multicultural Read and Play Group. Also click on the this link for an expanded description of this fun activity for the kids and parents too. 5-18-2008 The Stoneridge POA Annual Meeting was held on May 6, 2008 at the WB Community Library. Although it was not attended by very many residents, several neighborhood issues were discussed. The minutes are being compiled and will be available on the web site next week . The Stoneridge POA Board was reelected for another year. Linda Jackson, Steve Marcyes were re-elected to serve, with Dan Ernst rejoining the board after a two year break. Linda Jackson will serve as President, Steve Marcyes, Vice President and Dan Ernst Secretary-Tresurer. The 2008-2009 Budget was approved by vote, with sdjustments made for water/irrigation to maintain the landscape. The vacant POA lot on Camas will be reviewed for improvements and the gate boarded to prevent access from the new apartments on Wells Branch Parkway. 5-6-2008 One of the questions in the web site email "lost files" was an inquiry on who to contact regarding a street light outage. Our streetlights in Stoneridge are maintained by TXU Electric and are repaired by ONCOR Corp. Neither the City of Austin or the Wells Branch MUD is responsible for streetlight repairs. You can report a streetlight out by phone to 1-888-313-4747 or click on the link Oncor Streetlight Outage Repair Form and request a repair online. Hopefully this should get the lights on within 15 days of an outage. Regarding the cars/ATVs driving in the retention pond and in the easements, the Travis County Sheriff Department at 911 for emergency or 854-9728 for non-emergency contact. The POA does not have a security team available to respond to these issues 5--5-2008 A thousand pardons to the residents that have tried to contact the web site via the ernst@stoneridgepoa.com address. I have not been ignoring anyone, but the web server changed the access to the email system without my knowledge. I had to get some help in figuring out that no one has contacted me for a couple months. I thought everything was just A-OK in the neighborhood. I will try to make a concerted effort to check the mail more frequently. Sorry again for the mix up and I hope to see everyone at the meeting. For any immediate problems or concerns you can always contact Sandra Bishop, at The Bishop Company 451-6602 4-15-2008 The Stoneridge Board Annual Meeting meeting is scheduled for May 6, 2008. Mark your calendars and make your ideas and suggestions for our neighborhood known. All homeowners are encouraged to attend the meeting at the Wells Branch Community Library Meeting Room at 6:30 pm. Maybe this is the year to get involved in Your Neighborhood! The Stoneridge POA is always looking for individuals that want to make our neighborhood a wonderful place to live. The POA board continues to have a vacancy that needs to be filled. This is your chance to be a part of something special. Please contact the webmaster ernst@stoneridgepoa.com and your questions will be forwarded to the POA Board members. 12-12-2007 Sorry the lights are out again!. Unfortunately, somebody needed the letter" I " from the Stoneridge entrance sign on Ploverville Dr..They did not manage to get the letter off the wall, but the neon bulb inside the case was broken and will need to be replaced. If anyone noticed anything suspicious around the night of Dec 1st, please contact the Sheriffs office. Hopefully the lights will be on very soon. 2007 During the July Board of Directors meeting Steve Marcyes has rejoined the Board to replace the vacancy created by the resignation of Chris Ruiz. Steve has served the POA in previous years as a Board member and chairperson of various committees. We welcome back his experience and service to the Board. Current Board member Chris Dunkin has submitted his letter of resignation to the Stoneridge POA Board of Directors. The BOD appreciates Chris's service over the past two years. He will continue to serve the Association on various committees. Interested persons in the 3rd Board position should contact Board President, Linda Jackson to be considered during the next meeting. You may contact the Board thru the website ernst@stoneridgepoa.com Your interest will be forwarded to Ms. Jackson. Our Crimewatch page has an article posted from an attorney with some great tips for protecting your identity. Check it out and maybe it will save you a great deal of grief later. 2007 Many of our neighbors have recently received a notice in the mail from the Texas Department of Public Safety, regarding a high risk sex offender living in our neighborhood. Though it is not our intent to alarm the neighborhood, we thought it would be appropriate to be aware and vigilant for our neighborhoods safety. We have provided a link that you may review here at Texas Department of Safety Sex Offender Registry . It may be noted that several sex offenders are living within 1 mile of our Stoneridge neighborhood in nearby areas of Wells Branch. A complete listing may be obtained from the DPS web site link of Sex Offenders in 78728 zip code The Texas Sex Offender Registration Program ( Chapter 62 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ) is a sex offender registration and public notification law designed to protect the public from sex offenders. This law requires adult and juvenile sex offenders to register with the local law enforcement authority of the city they reside in or, if the offender does not reside in a city, with the local law enforcement authority of the county they reside in. 2007 The revised budget can be viewed on this link Revised Stoneridge POA Budget FY2007 Comments or concerns may be directed to this website ernst@stoneridgepoa.com.and will be forwarded to the Board of Directors. **Please note that the website manager address has been changed to ernst@stoneridgepoa.com Please visit our Stoneridge Crime watch Link of
this web site for information on how we can get crime information out
to our neighbors Welcome to our Web Site. We have tried to put together a comprehensive site with links and helpful information that will assist our neighbors. Please feel free to send suggestions to ernst@stoneridgepoa.com.
The Stoneridge
Residential Property Owners Association was created in 1994 as the
Wells Branch Residential Property Owners Association by the developer
"Wells Branch Joint Venture". The name was changed to Stoneridge
POA in 2002. The Association is maintained by a Board of Directors.
The members are all property owners that live in the neighborhood. Our
goal is to provide for neighborhood improvements to the Association
common areas, and enforcement of the deed restrictions and covenants
that protect and maintain the property values of our neighborhood. |
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